A little blade tune-up and a pass or two with the burnisher(also from Hock).....

... and you’ve got a scraper plane.

First impressions are that the plane itself is a fine design. It feels good in the hands and is easy to adjust and use. I was reasonably pleased with the cuts I made but it is clear that I have to learn a little more about turning a burr on a bevelled blade. I’ve only ever done it on a square edge and I think I likely need to be more careful on this more fragile edge. I just held the blade in my left hand and passed the burnisher over it with my right. That works fine for me with card scrapers but the cuts I got today show signs of an uneven burr. That will be easy to fix. .... :-)

Tom and Klaus, the blade is thicker than a card scraper and has a 45 degree bevel. Apparently scraper planes operate differently than card scrapers. I’m still in the learning stages but I can say the when working a flat surface , like the last photo, there are no “corner marks” like you get with a straight plane iron so I suspect that it may flex just enough to lift the outer edges. Read the write up in Hayward’s book and you’ll get an idea of how it works. (Pages 21 and 23)

Great tool and a great writeup. As allways when you make a project it gives me the urge to go to the workshop and make something cool. Cant seem to buy scaper blades in my cuntry. Do you think a thick card scaper could work as well?